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profligacy (noun)

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  • profligacy — profligate ► ADJECTIVE 1) recklessly extravagant or wasteful. 2) licentious; dissolute. ► NOUN ▪ a profligate person. DERIVATIVES profligacy noun. ORIGIN Latin profligatus dissolute , from profligare overthrow, ruin …   English terms dictionary

  • profligacy — noun /ˈprɑflɪɡəsi/ a) careless wastefulness No question has arisen within the records of history that pressed with the importance of the present. ... whether man shall inherit his rights, and universal civilisation take place? Whether the fruits… …   Wiktionary

  • profligacy — noun Date: 1738 the quality or state of being profligate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • profligacy — noun 1. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure • Syn: ↑dissipation, ↑dissolution, ↑licentiousness, ↑looseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑loose (for: ↑looseness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • profligacy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, licentiousness. See RESTRAINT. 2. Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality,… …   English dictionary for students

  • profligacy — /ˈprɒfləgəsi/ (say profluhguhsee) noun 1. shameless dissoluteness. 2. reckless extravagance. 3. great abundance …  

  • profligate — [ prɒflɪgət] adjective recklessly extravagant or wasteful. ↘licentious; dissolute. noun a profligate person. Derivatives profligacy noun profligately adverb Origin C16: from L. profligatus dissolute , past participle of profligare overthrow, ruin …   English new terms dictionary

  • profligate — 1 adjective formal 1 wasting money in a silly and careless way: profligate spending of the taxpayer s money 2 behaving in an immoral way and not caring about it at all profligacy noun (U) 2 noun (C) formal someone who is profligate …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • profligate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) recklessly extravagant or wasteful. 2) licentious; dissolute. ► NOUN ▪ a profligate person. DERIVATIVES profligacy noun. ORIGIN Latin profligatus dissolute , from profligare overthrow, ruin …   English terms dictionary

  • profligate — UK [ˈprɒflɪɡət] / US [ˈprɑflɪɡət] adjective formal wasting money or other things Derived word: profligacy noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • harlotry — noun (plural ries) Date: 14th century 1. sexual profligacy ; prostitution 2. an unprincipled or immoral woman < he sups tonight with a harlotry Shakespeare > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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